U.S. dollar ticks down on stronger Euro, Sterling

Source: Xinhua| 2018-09-06 06:02:22|Editor: huaxia
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NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar fell in late trading on Wednesday as British pound and Euro gained on possible breakthrough from Brexit talks.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.27 percent at 95.1884 in late trading. The exchange rates of both Euro against U.S. dollar and British pound against U.S. dollar rose over 0.4 percent.

In late New York trading, the euro increased to 1.1623 dollars from 1.1579 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound rose to 1.2898 dollars from 1.2856 U.S. dollars in the previous session. The Australian dollar was up to 0.7185 dollar from 0.7178 dollar.

The U.S. dollar bought 111.52 Japanese yen, higher than 111.49 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar fell to 0.9724 Swiss franc from 0.9747 Swiss franc, and it rose to 1.3187 Canadian dollars from 1.3177 Canadian dollars. Enditem

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